Hanano Chōu

Hanano Chōu (蝶華乃) is a FANLOID created by DaniKH based on the Vocaloid Megurine Luka and she is a Mirailoid.Her name is a play on words; 華 (Hana) means "Flower" and 乃 (Osamu) means "in other words, you", while 蝶 (Chōu) means "Butterfly". Also together, "Hana no" can be translated as "Flowers of". The most appropriate translation would be "Butterfly of the Flowers".

Creation
Previously, in March-May 2016, she was a pixelated character for a Pokémon fan game with the name "Uzuki Yoshino", later, she was redesigned, less pixelated and with small changes in the designs although noticeable.

During her pixelation period, there were complaints that her sprite looked exactly like Lanhua, from the anime Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, however, her creator said in a comment that Uzuki's design was born from an idea of ​​some kind of crazy Pop Diva and purple lover, although it had some similarity to Lanhua.

Still, it is true that for Uzuki's Theme Lanhua's off vocal song "Serenade of Flowers and Butterflies" was used in reverse as a mockery of those who thought of it as a copy. The name Hanano Chōu was inspired by the Japanese title of that same song "Hana to Chōu no Serenade".

The game where Uzuki was born never saw the light of the final version, staying in version 5 Beta and her original story remained a mystery. Again, she appears fleetingly in a new Pokémon fanmade.

Character
Hanano Chōu was born into a humble family in a remote village in China. Her father was from China and her mother was from Japan. They both loved Hanano very much, but her father had great expectations for her future. So much so that he entered her in contests at a very early age. Greedy for money, he so horrified Hanano's mother that she filed for divorce. Unfortunately for her, her husband had a lot of assets and with the best lawyer he could afford, he won the lawsuit, keeping the house and her daughter. Since then, Hanano has not heard from her mother.

Time passed, Hanano and her father traveled to Japan, to the cradle of modern music, Tokyo. Hanano became a big star. Everyone cheered her on, and that made her just as self-centered, narcissistic and despotic as her father. She craved fame, power... Until one day, everything fell apart.

Sales dropped, the label couldn't bet on her anymore, so she was substituted. Now, everyone was talking and cheering Miku Hatsune, the new Idol of the moment.

Hanano felt a strong envy for her, to the point of despising her. He hated her with all her soul, on social networks she proclamed that she was her number one rival and that she would destroy her with her new single, a single that never came because, after all, she had lost the means to record and compose.

Then one day, on the street, she met her. She met Miku Hatsune. She invited her out for coffee, and reluctantly, Hanano accepted. In person, she wasn't that bad, although at the time she was hungry and she didn't have much money, which benefited her being invited.

They talked about the world of music, Hanano's chances of getting back to the stages, and she encouraged Hanano to follow her dreams. Over time, Hanano stopped hating Miku. In fact, Miku changed her; The way she talks, that unbridled joy, that big heart with which she shares her kindness… They reached deep into Hanano's cold, purple heart.

Hanano changed, towards good deeds, she was kind, affectionate, nice, although, sometimes, when she gets angry, she brings out her Diva mode. She went on to found a group of talented young people that she would call Mirailoid.

One day, she received a letter from her mother, in which she talked about how she had a brother back in Kyoto. Without delay, she headed for the station, but then, there she saw him. She could recognize that purple hair, that style of dress, those eyes, that face. It was her brother, Hanato Chōu.

Hanato decided to stay in Tokyo for a while to catch up with her older sister and joined the Mirailoid group, demonstrating his great singing talent.

Design
March-May 2016

Originally Hanano Chōu was a simple Pixel Art, she was wearing a long purple dress with a cut on one side showing her right leg, a large and fine dark red bow with gold trim, she had purple gloves up to her elbows, she had hair dark purple with two long pigtails at the back, not the sides like Hatsune Miku. Her bangs were short and straight and covered her forehead.

September 2016

Later, her design changed. The dress was shortened slightly, retaining its design, the large, thin bow was replaced with a large, thick dark red bow erasing the gold trim from before, and her gloves were retained. Her bangs now point down both sides, revealing the center of her forehead. Her two long pigtails were preserved with their original color and her eyes became purple.

October 2016

Later, the design changes drastically. Her bangs are still on point, her bow has regained some gold finishes, the gloves now have cuts where the fingers are, the dress included several cherry blossom prints and the ruffled shoes are transformed into boots.

January 2017

Her design was again modified. Her hair is now a darker purple, her dress is now cut on the left side which divides two halves of a cherry blossom, and her purple gloves and boots are changed to black.

July 2017

Her design was slightly modified. In her dress, a kind of sash tied to a red bow was added.

December 2017

Her design has now been remastered in HD.

July 2022

Her design has been renewed; More stylized, detailed and with better shading.

Personality
In the past, she was what a true Pop Diva would say by emphasizing the word "Diva". She spent the day singing. When she saw a field of flowers, she couldn't help but jump for joy on them, she was egocentric and very mean.

Now, she is quite cheerful and a great friend. She likes to sing in many languages. She is active and very sociable, kind and generous. She hates remembering her past and she don't wanna remember it.

When she gets angry, she brings out the Diva mode without realizing it. She is a hopeless romantic and she fears that she will be outdone in beauty.

Relations
 VOCALOID   FANLOID 
 * Hatsune Miku: She was his number 1 public rival. She was the one who took Hanano in when he went bankrupt and forgotten by his fans. In the end, she became her best friend and they are inseparable.
 * DIANA: They met in the selfish Hanano era, bu t they got along very badly. When she redeemed himself, she tried in a thousand ways to gain his trust. She finally got it and they are good friends.


 * Mitsuhiko Kobayashi: She coincided with him o ne day when he was visiting DIANA. At first they got along like cat and mouse, but due to things in life, they became friends.


 * Tsubaki: They met in the Choir Group where Tsubaki used to go. Hanano agreed that she was going to see the group rehearse and heard Tsubaki's great voice. She proposed to her to join the Mirailoid group.


 * Hiroyuki Fumio: They met at the contest organized by her group. Hanano saw potential in Hiroyuki and offered him to join them. Hiroyuki refers to her as "Hanano-sama".


 * Hanato Chōu: Her half-brother on her mother's side. They get along very well together, sometimes going back to town to see her mother.

Trivia

 * Her first name "Uzuki Yoshino" was created from the names of two other girls with self-centered personalities from other games. Uzuki comes from "The World Ends With You" and Yoshino comes from "Misao".
 * Originally, Hanano's first song would be Hana to Chou no Serenade, but due to problems with the VSQx, she couldn't sing it.
 * CYO STYLE made an Edit Mix of 'Que Decida el Corazón' exclusively for an old setup called 'HANANO ESP'.
 * Hanano appears in the fanmade "Pokémon Shadow Song".
 * As her name indicates, Hanano loves flowers and butterflies.
 * She is of chinese origin while her name is Japanese.
 * She is the first official FANLOID of her creator DaniKH.

Voice settings
 HANANO_JAP_EVEC   HANANO_ENG_STRAIGHT 

Music
The Tailor Shop of Enbizaka Daughter of Evil
 * SoundCloud
 * YouTube